Black Orris
Lavender, lemon, and bergamot create a bright aromatic-citrus opening that feels fresh and slightly herbal.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Iris90
- Aromatic60
- Woody60
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- Iris
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readLavender, lemon, and bergamot create a bright aromatic-citrus opening that feels fresh and slightly herbal. Black pepper introduces a sharp spicy accent that quickly melds into the powdery earthiness of iris. Iris dominates the heart with its characteristic rooty and cosmetic-like texture, providing a elegant floral powderiness. Sandalwood offers a smooth woody base that complements the iris without adding sweetness. Labdanum and ambergris contribute a subtle animalic and balsamic warmth that deepens the dry-down. Musk extends the wear with a clean skin-scent trail that keeps the composition intimate and refined. Projection is moderate initially but settles close, lasting well through the day for formal or work settings.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
